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by akgerber 12y ago
Raw industrial loft space is fashionable in NYC creative fields, and tech in imitation thereof.
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by akgerber 12y ago
A non-uparmored Humvee seems like a nicer pickup truck, and would be useful in a small town where rescues in an isolated area are part of the job. An uparmored Humvee, on the other hand, is problematic.
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by akgerber 12y ago
Capitalists love the 8-hour day, and would never murder children over it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_View_Massacre
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by akgerber 12y ago
New York tech is already pretty heavily ensconced in the mixed-use neighborhoods around Union Square— a lot of tech seems to be moving to the Financial District because big players have leased out a lot of the spaces in the area & price
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by akgerber 12y ago
The NYPD is definitely prohibited from discounts: http://gothamist.com/2012/07/19/days_of_discounted_chipotle_...
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by akgerber 12y ago
'Printing money' is, in the context of the Fed, a metaphor for incrementing numbers on bank computers.
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by akgerber 12y ago
New York added an incomplete network of 'protected bike lanes', as they're called, a few years ago that we are working to expand. Chicago has likewise started building them, and after that they've been filtering down to
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by akgerber 12y ago
It's a statement of engineering priorities, not an literal goal. This is in contrast to the United States, where only very recently has anything other than maximum automotive throughput been prioritized.
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by akgerber 12y ago
This is of course only remotely possible on limited access highways, because there are squishy human beings that are easily killed by large speed differentials on urban and suburban streets.
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by akgerber 12y ago
A few states have a roadworthiness test. Most states don't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_Unite... It's partially a social justice issue, as we've managed to build up much of our
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by akgerber 12y ago
Counter-anecdote-- my 2010 Macbook refurb is still running swimmingly after a couple upgrades.
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by akgerber 12y ago
My understanding (from when I worked at Qualcomm until 2011) is that the apps processor was master in new chipsets from that time forward.
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by akgerber 12y ago
They have a Unix client— probably just not the Unix you use (OS X).
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by akgerber 12y ago
Or unglamorous jobs would be paid very well, and garbagemen would be able to work a 2-hour day and spend the rest of their time as they please.
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by akgerber 12y ago
Not all of them, just a random sample of the population which includes some of them: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/
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by akgerber 12y ago
Merely being within an easy drive of Manhattan has proven quite profitable: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohegan_Indian_Tribe
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by akgerber 12y ago
Depends on what that 'consumption' consists of. We could have an economy of eternal growth in art, scholarship, mathematics, music, and software. The main input there is human thought.
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by akgerber 12y ago
Not quite. Here's a huge house right off a lakefront park in just such a rich suburb: http://www.trulia.com/property/3172627452-736-Bedford-Rd-Gro... You could buy two of them for the monthly cost of a nice 1-bedr
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by akgerber 12y ago
Is following wealth internationally a particularly new trend? Nearly all of America's population is descended from immigrants who came chasing money and/or standard of living.
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by akgerber 12y ago
Especially when being a college president generally already includes use of a mansion and a ton of free food and travel, so the college president can pretty much bank their entire salary.
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by akgerber 12y ago
In NYC, cabbies & Uber seem equally bad. Flycleaners seems like the worst, though. They must put their drivers on unrealistic schedules that force them to drive like maniacs. They run red lights and swing around corners and high speeds
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by akgerber 12y ago
America has gotten pretty bad at tunneling, and it's much more expensive here than in Spain or France. Madrid buried its M30 high for far less money: http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/m30_madrid/
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by akgerber 12y ago
Why can't a non-citizen have a photo ID? In most states, illegal immigrants can't get a drivers' license, but pretty much every other noncitizen can get one: http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Licenses/Licen
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by akgerber 12y ago
Why is it the case that there 'no reason to tax savings'? Tools rust, food rots, houses fall down. One can't save useful things indefinitely without cost. Why, then, is it inherently true that a government (or other entity) s
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by akgerber 12y ago
A driverless train needs to be entirely grade-separated, which generally restricts it to metros. Big cities generally have legacy metros where it would be difficult and expensive to update signaling to allow automated operation. And driver
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by akgerber 12y ago
But Future Technology Devices International Limited (USA) is. http://www.ftdichip.com/FTContact.htm
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by akgerber 12y ago
"Juice Drink" e.g. http://www.welchs.com/products/chillers-juice-drinks , sweetened teas, and lemonade are pretty common. Hawaiian Punch is available in many soda machines.
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by akgerber 12y ago
Detroit manufacturers have desert proving grounds for hot weather. Tesla doesn't seem to have the same for the cold, having just done 'days' of pre-launch testing in the cold: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog&#
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by akgerber 12y ago
American students generally pay similar fees on top of their tuition. Except they're usually higher.
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by akgerber 12y ago
Ah, but for a certain breed of New Yorker, downtown Manhattan constitutes the world.

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